The Fourth Plinth
Location
The Fourth Plinth
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Trafalgar SquareWC2N 5DN
About
The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square is one of the highest profile pieces of public artwork in the UK.
The current and 15th resident is Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant) by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles.
Created to commemorate Karla, a trans woman murdered in Mexico in 2016, and to stand for the rights of transgender communities everywhere, the sculpture is made up of hundreds of plaster cast faces of trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people.
The faces are arranged around the plinth in the form of a rack used to display skulls, known as a Tzompantli, and will slowly fade as the London weather transforms this powerful artwork.
The previous resident on the Fourth Plinth was Antelope by Samson Kambalu. The first Fourth Plinth piece, Ecce Homo by Mark Wallinger, was unveiled in 1999.
